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The NCW Foreign Affairs
group maintains a watching brief on international
developments of concern to women and keeps NCW members
informed of work to improve conditions for women and
children worldwide.
The
group usually meets at 27 Rutland Gate London SW7.
On 18 September 2008 the speaker will be Zarin
Hainsworth on Women of Iraq - Are
things really so bad?
From time to time, the National Council of Women is
asked to arrange for delegations of women from
overseas countries to meet members of NCW to discuss
the work of the organisation and to exchange views. In
the past these delegations, usually quite small, have
come from China, Japan, Central and Eastern Europe,
Siberia and different parts of Africa. The latest
meetings have been with groups of women from Palestine
and from China in 2006.
The
group is keen to hear the views of anybody interested
in foreign affairs and welcomes members to join the
group.
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The
group supports the vital work of the United Nations
and UNIFEM and
Juliet Coleman, the President of UNIFEM UK came to
speak to the group
'Women’s
rights are human rights' was one of the themes of the
Beijing World Conference on Women,
and NCW has supported ongoing work in the UN
Commission on the Status of Women to implement the
Beijing Global Platform for action. It takes a strong
interest in the campaign to stop the trafficking in
women.
Indigenous
peoples - are they on the brink of extinction?
was the title of a Foreign Affairs Seminar in
March 2007.
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In the past year speakers have included 'Grace' from
Zimbabwe and
Lois Hainsworth speaking about the ICW
Executive Conference in Jakarta.
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A Chinese delegation visits
Danbury Street
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